Travel through Asia by country:
Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Burma (Myanmar), Cambodia, China, India, Japan, South Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, North Korea, Pakistan, Philippines, Russian Federation, Singapore, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam
Travel through Asia by popular city:
Bangkok, Hanoi, Hong Kong, Moscow, New Delhi, Tokyo
Travel through Asia by popular things to do:
Travel through Asia with our writers:
Infiltrating North Korea, Keyhole Into Burma, Band on the Run ... in China, Chinese Buffet, A Canadian in Beijing, Volunteer Vacation: Tajikistan
Compared to most people, I’ve spent a fair amount of time in
Among the places at the top of my wish list is . Over the years, I’ve had a couple friends live there, and each came back with wonderful tales of a place of immensely beauty, delicious food and friendly people. And while Saigon would likely be my first stop, I have to say
In my eyes the Internet has enabled so many talented and not-so-talented some bodies and nobodies to sit up during late night hours, burning the midnight oil, typing up a storm to later divulge beautiful heart-felt pieces or thought provoking political essays from their minds or even bland pull-my-finger material. Really, sometimes it’s hard to surf through it all without wasting a whole lot of your precious time. The point is – the worldwide web is this incredible vessel allowing those with a voice and a decent typing speed to become “writers.”
With that out the way I wanted to let you know that RoadJunky is seeking travel writers. By this they are looking for people with flare and flavor who probably aren’t so good at taking precise notes on hotel and restaurant addresses in Caracas, but have a very cool story to tell instead. They want to know what it’s really like to travel THERE to that place that YOU went, because every experience like every voice is different. Got it? Comprende? Capeesh? So now onto the guidelines – writers should have an edge and desire to cover areas in Central and South America, Europe and South East Asia. Oh, and they pay a little sumthin’ sumthin’. Now get your finger out your nose, check out the submission guidelines, samples and get to whipping something up!
I don’t believe this was included in my highlighted areas below to learn Korean online and it comes right off the pages of Korea.net. The Let’s Speak Korean section has 30 lessons which look to have audio and some video. Be sure to bookmark this one if you haven’t already.
Today’s word is a Korean word used in Korea:
hullyunghan – wonderful
My past lessons focused a little more on Korean dining which can be consumed about anywhere though finding a good restaurant might be tricky. For more vocab words found on the menu check out Korea infogate. Several more words in the Korean alphabet with excellent pronunciation guides can be found at Mr. Oh’s Learn Korean website. It’s a fun place to start to learn the basics. KBS World Radio has a three part, 30 chapter online learning guide all for free. I can’t get the Hangul text to show up, but they’ve got sound clips of all the sample conversations available. Learn Korean dot net has most of the aforementioned along with a forum to meet other speakers both fluent natives and beginners. For a list of Korean language programs in the country click here.
Past Korean words: shik-sah, sollongtang, yuh heng, mollah yo
Stumbled upon this pleasant looking site while I was hunting for a globe image and it makes me wish that I could really, really speak French for once. Thank goodness there are images and artwork to assist me in my inability to communicate through words. Aurélie Pedrajas’ website is fully in French and from what I gather she travels the world and makes beautiful artwork from her experiences. In my own opinion they’re quite whimsical. This Sri Lanka inspired piece makes me long to go to the tear-drop shaped island and leaves a lot to fantasize about.
Very, very nice!
Ahh, summer is slowly, but surely working its way to an end and as students prepare to bury their heads into texts for the fall, wouldn’t you know those around the world plane tickets and trips dreamt about all summer long would finally go on sale. Shame ain’t it? Who creates these sale dates?
STA travel currently has around the world fares starting at $999 with an itinerary that gets you into several kick-arse places if you’re a student taking a breather this fall. The cheapest package moves you from New York City-London-Nairobi-Bangkok-New York City and doesn’t look to include any kind of accommodation. In other words – this works out best if you know a couple of people in at least two destinations. Perhaps it’s time to make friends before you go. (See hospitalityclub.com) If you’ve got some extra dinero to spare ($1,399) then consider the Los Angeles-Tahiti-Sydney-Bangkok-Nairobi-London-Los Angeles ticket.
The sale will only last until August 31and travel must be completed by December 12, 2006.